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G. CLAUSING.

LAST. APPLICATION FILED APILZQ. 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

W J 3 5 C GEORGE CLAUSLLTG. OF POIETSBXDUTH, GIL

PROCESS (30., O5 POETEIJIUUTH i OHIO.

Espplicacion iipri'i 19153.

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Lifilli. force 10 L'Oliiiliis ihv spring E when the free. uppar end of the ieveimoves rein w it 1TH} The heel and tea paris may be bored at E2" and a 0 provide a receiving .Qp ce for the connecting; fink E that ispreie ably of cyiindrin oi'inathan.

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said link The heel portion rivet c from one of the parts to gitudinally extending saw-cut c? for receiving therein the lever E which is preferably of a fiat piece of metal of proper size to substantially fit said sawed portion of the last.

The forward end of the connecting link E is directly connected to the toe part of the last by the pin'or rivet 6 while the rear end of this link lower-end of the lever E by. the pin or The central fulcrum portion of the lever is directly connected to the heel part by the pin or rivet The spring means E is located within the bored opening 0 and the rear end of the spring E rests directly against the botton'i of said bored portion. It'will also be noted that the line passing through the center of pin 6 at the forward end of the link, and through the center of the pin 0 at the rear end of said link, is located below the center of the main bearing; pins D and l),

The improvements herein set forth are not limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown and described and may be embodied in various forms and modifications without departing from the spirit, and scope of the invention.

1- claim as my invention:

1. A last having" a toe part and a heel part, a pin or pivot bearing between the parts and' a connecting means extending the other, said con-' necting means comprising a link that is directly connected by a pin to the toe part and a'lever which is directly connected to the heel part by means of a pin, the rear end of the being directly connected to link the.lower end the lever, the upper end of the lever being engaged by means comprising a compression spring which tends to restore the heel and toe parts to normal position after the last has been broken, the heel part of the last also being provided with a locking means or latch which engages said lever so as to prevent the last from heme brokenwhile the lever is locked.

directly connected to the l -parts to unbroken position 2. A last comprising a heel and a toe part provided with hearing pins between them, said parts having.longitudinally extending openings forreceiving a connecting link and said heel part having a vertically but longitudinally extending saw-cut for receiving a lever, said last also comprising a link which is pivotally connected at its forward end to the toe part of the last, a lever located in said saw-cut, which lever is pivotally connected to the heel part and also at its lower end to the rear end of said link, and spring means that engages the upper end of said lever and which spring means tends to force the upper end of the lever as to restore the heel and toe after they have been moved from said position, the link being arranged so that the line passingthrough the centers of the pivot pins at the ends of the link is located below the center of the bearing pins between the heel and toe parts. last comprising a heel part and a toe part which can swing relative to each other about a transversely but longitudinally extending axis, said parts being eonnccted by a means which comprises a longitudinally extending link that is located below the sai'd'axis, said means also comprising a vertically extending lever, the forward end of said link being connected directly to the toe part of the last, the rear end of said link being pivotallyconnected to the lower free end ofsaid lever that is in turn pivotally connected to the heel part of the last, the last also being provided with a locking means which engages the upper free end of said lever whereby the parts of the last will be maintained in unbroken position relative to each other. 4

This specification signed and witnessed this 17th day of April A, D. 1913.

GEORGE CLAUSING.

forwardly so 

